Leviticus 25:43
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43 You shall not rule over them with harshness but shall fear your God.(A)
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Colossians 4:1
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Leviticus 25:53
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53 As a laborer hired by the year they shall be under the alien’s authority, who shall not, however, rule with harshness over them in your sight.
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Leviticus 25:46
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46 You may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property. These you may treat as slaves, but as for your fellow Israelites, no one shall rule over the other with harshness.(A)
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Leviticus 25:17
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17 You shall not cheat one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.(A)
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Exodus 1:13-14
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13 The Egyptians subjected the Israelites to hard servitude 14 and made their lives bitter with hard servitude in mortar and bricks and in every kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.(A)
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Ephesians 6:9
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9 And, masters,[a] do the same to them. Stop threatening them, for you know that both of you have the same Lord[b] in heaven, and with him there is no partiality.(A)
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Ezekiel 34:4
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4 You have not strengthened the weak; you have not healed the sick; you have not bound up the injured; you have not brought back the strays; you have not sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled them.(A)
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Malachi 3:5
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5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Isaiah 58:3
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3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see?
Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”
Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day
and oppress all your workers.(A)
Isaiah 47:6
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6 I was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke
exceedingly heavy.(A)
Deuteronomy 25:18
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18 how he attacked you on the way, when you were faint and weary, and struck down all who lagged behind you; he did not fear God.
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Exodus 5:14
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14 And the Israelite supervisors whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them were beaten and were asked, “Why did you not finish the required quantity of bricks yesterday and today, as you did before?”(A)
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Exodus 3:9
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9 The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.(A)
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Exodus 3:7
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7 Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,(A)
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Exodus 2:23
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23 After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.(A)
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Exodus 1:21
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21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.(A)
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Exodus 1:17
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17 But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.(A)
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